Gateway public surfaces [UI]
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# Gateway public surfaces `[UI]`
The public path explains the outcome first, then reveals the maintained system, its reasoning, the
runtime, and the purchase boundary. These routes use the public Gateway shell; authenticated account and
host controls continue in the [Home console](home-console.md).
```mermaid
flowchart TD
Nav["Public navigation<br/>Landing · Plans<br/>White paper · FAQ · Sign in"]
Nav --> Landing
subgraph Landing["Portal landing reveal"]
direction LR
Hero["Outcome<br/>Project a question"] --> Stories["Stories<br/>what moved"]
Stories --> Program["Program<br/>Research → Opinion → Merge → Position"]
Program --> Voice["Voice<br/>review then commit"]
Voice --> Projection["Position<br/>possible futures + prices"]
Projection --> Graph["Reasoning<br/>Graph → Reading → Position"]
Graph --> Runtime["Runtime + MCP<br/>Hosted / License<br/>same typed surface"]
Runtime --> Plans["Plans<br/>Hosted included usage<br/>License BYOK"]
end
Nav --> WhitePaper["White paper<br/>thesis · machinery · economics"]
Nav --> FAQ["FAQ<br/>product · privacy · delivery · MCP"]
Nav --> Access["Access<br/>register / sign in / recover"]
Plans --> Access
Access --> Account["Gateway account<br/>subscriptions + checkout"]
Account --> Host["Hosted console<br/>address · health · usage<br/>MCP setup modal"]
Account --> Exchange["Director Exchange<br/>Supabase listings · grants · reviews<br/>browse + inspect only"]
```
**Copy boundary:** Hosted includes managed AI and research usage; License is self-hosted BYOK. Both keep
one Director-owned canonical record, and both expose the same MCP catalog.
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